Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.
| COX. | LYON. | TWAITS. | JOHNSON. | WRACK. | COOK. | PAVITT. | CROOK. | MILLS. | SHEPHERD. | WHITE. | FLINT. | SIMPSON. | QUAINTRELL. | STILES. | DEE. | WATERMAN. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections— House to house | 473 | 350 | 364 | 270 | 625 | 304 | 484 | 405; | 417 | 957 | 425 | 609 | 517 | 448 | 283 | 72 | .. | 7003 |
| Miscellaneous | 1542 | 871 | 1632 | 1360 | 804 | 1274 | 1284 | 842 | 1232 | 1114 | 1295 | 737 | 1102 | 1096 | 1164 | 336 | 34 | 17719 |
| Complaints | 72 | 142 | 207 | 106 | 67 | 178 | 145 | 71 | 142 | 130 | 53 | 82 | 96 | 37 | 82 | 132 | 24 | 1766 |
| Infectious diseases | 332 | 208 | 523 | 164 | 119 | 102 | 189 | 155 | 261 | 230 | 142 | 146 | 287 | 119 | 226 | 2 | .. | 3205 |
| Intimations served | 399 | 403 | 738 | 937 | 470 | 635 | 972 | 603 | 1018 | 620 | 679 | 699 | 848 | 559 | 982 | 991 | 924 | 12477 |
| Statutory notices served | 303 | 54 | 535 | 6-32 | 100 | 327 | 617 | 412 | 803 | 132 | 443 | 557 | 637 | 302 | 549 | 255 | 312 | 6970 |
| Houses re-visited | 3020 | 2202 | 4314 | 5585 | 4316 | 3827 | 4686 | 3505 | 3565 | 3789 | 3992 | 3494 | 4513 | 3572 | 5688 | 3857 | 4789 | 68774 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | |
| Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts | 101 | 52 | 103 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 86 | 72 | 87 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 1 10 | 41 | 76 | 35 | 11 | 1210 |
| Summonses ,, „ ,, ,, | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | n | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 87 | |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 51 | 112 | 85 | 337 | 212 | 387 | 185 | 176 | 246 | 210 | 271 | 186 | 210 | 185 | 132 | 458 | 551 | 3994 |
| Water supply to houses re-instated | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 221 |
| Drains constructed and reconstructed | 25 | 80 | 141 | 58 | 31 | 41 | 81 | 51 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 71 | 97 | 57 | 116 | .. | •• | 928 |
| ,, cleansed and repaired | 66 | 34 | 66 | 149 | 125 | 132 | 192 | 121 | 65 | 70 | 98 | 81 | 92 | 65 | 78 | 37 | 15 | 1486 |
| ,, trapped | 6 | 104 | 177 | 101 | 63 | 54 | 33 | 41 | 154 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 98 | .. | .. | 901 |
| New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 1 | •2 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 259 | |
| New closet pans and traps fixed | 127 | 98 | 182 | 76 | 85 | 78 | 151 | 168 | 136 | 88 | 89 | 9 | 168 | 70 | 122 | 21 | 6 | 1674 |
| Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 19 | 102 | 86 | 161 | 111 | 106 | 156 | 135 | 228 | 97 | 66 | 39 | 185 | 39 | 126 | 89 | 139 | 1884 |
| Closets provided with light and ventilation | 1 | 30 | 21 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 147 | ||
| ,, cleansed and repaired | 6 | 46 | 65 | 111 | 207 | 168 | 41 | 151 | 223 | 58 | 80 | 21 | 93 | 101 | 201 | 177 | 149 | 1898 |
| Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 118 | 140 | 165 | 212 | 62 | 209 | 299 | 185 | 128 | 104 | 217 | 92 | 211 | 115 | 167 | 183 | 121 | 2728 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 12 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 75 | 15 | 15 | 353 |
| Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 177 | 96 | 102 | 228 | 7 | 164 | 163 | 76 | 183 | 51 | 40 | 48 | 246 | 55 | 80 | 81 | 117 | 1914 |
| Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 15 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 46 | 17 | 18 | .. | 64 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 344 |
| Houses ventilated under lower floor | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 17 | .. | 15 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 203 | 17 | 7 | 396 |
| Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 28 | 96 | 179 | 573 | 272 | 279 | 455 | 310 | 334 | 155 | 406 | 327 | 317 | 190 | 800 | 402 | 319 | 5442 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 3 | 11 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 68 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 96 | 75 | 78 | 549 |
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 1 | .. | 18 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | 10 | 2 | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 78 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 1 | .. | 21 | 14 | 108 | 114 | 12 | 14 | 263 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 65 | 53 | 89 | 61 | 892 |
| Bakehouses inspected | 28 | 11 | 52 | 35 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 32 | .. | .. | 346 |
| ,, cleansed | 28 | 11 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 32 | .. | .. | 295 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | .. | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 32 | .. | .. | 119 |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 19 | 10 | .. | 6 | 8 | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 68 |
| Damp walls remedied | 1 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 2b | 10 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 82 | 91 | 48 | 488 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 8 | 66 |
| Urinals fixed | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | I | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 |
| Canal Boats inspected | .. | .. | .. | 89 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 89 |
| Areas and stables paved and drained | 20 | 4 | 20 | .. | 1 | 21 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 84 |
| Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 | 50 | 105 |
The figures relating to Inspector Lyon are for the period ending 3rd September, 1908.